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The healthcare databases via Dialog will continue to be provided at nhs.dialog.com until the end of May 2008. Any literature searches you have saved on the Dialog version of the databases, including alerts, WILL NOT transfer to NLH Search 2.0 when access via Dialog ceases. Please save your searches to your own computer before 31st May.

The new search tool, NLH Search 2.0 allows you to search the following healthcare databases:

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We regularly review our library service provision to
staff, students and external visitors. One aspect of the service which was
reviewed via a benchmarking exercise during the latter part of last year was
the loan allowance for all library users. UCL Library Committee agreed
in December 2015 that the loan limit for staff at UCL will be set at 40 items
from 1 September 2016. This change maintains a generous limit for staff,
whilst balancing this against the need to manage the Library’s print stock and
ensure that it is available for users at the point of need.